Florida Rookie needs advice

There is also flatbed. Plant City is not far from you off 4, flatbed gypsum. You can probably get into Uranium Ore further south in that state with a end dump. It may not be Uranium, but it is a nuclear material.

The best thing for Florida is Miami. Cruise ships. Reefers of Provisions food supplies on the dock from all over the USA.

For me Florida = either Oranges in season to the north east (Ugh... tropicana train comes to mind, that one goes to Jersey in 15 hours. Hottest train on the entire east coast if not the nation.) Or chain and cable west to Texas and pipe back east to Jaxville.

And the girls... Ocala comes to mind.. whoo. But that's a different topic.

 

Tankers is the way to go. CTL Transportation, headquartered in Auburndale, hires new cdl school graduates and their tanker school is in Tampa. Graduate from a cdl school then attend tanker school right there in Tampa. Contact CTL and ask which school they recommend near you; there's probably 3 or 4 in your area they hire from.
CTL has local work, but I recommend doing some OTR at first to get the hang of tanker work. They run lots of Texas out of there.
Here's a picture of one of their trucks:

Here's a good benefit also: "Tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 paid within 25 months."
CTL Transportation will reimburse your cdl school tuition up to $6,000.00

 

Tanker companies will have you do a heart rate test. They want to make sure you can climb on top of the tank without becoming dizzy and possibly injuring yourself. Start exercising using the stair step method now to prepare for the heart rate test. You must pass this test!

 

Eventually you could haul fuel out of Port Tampa. Most require at least two years exp. Home daily/nightly, usually 12 hour shifts, decent money and easy work.

 

Good Luck to you and I must say; you have the right mindset to make this a successful career.. Most don’t realize that a year of paying dues to get some experience under their belt is the way to go. That will open so many doors to you for a long future as a driver; and possibly a long career somewhere with a good local job! Good Luck!

 

GO FOR INDIAN RIVER TRANSPORT OUT OF FLORIDA. GOOD CO. TO WORK FOR....

 

They changed their hiring requirements; two yrs. experience required. Seems a good outfit otherwise, based in Tampa.